Your mix engineer will import everything and throw it at the start of the session. This is important because all the tracks need to start and end at the same spot. Make sure that when you hit “play” it starts and ENDS where you want. You’ll need to select the length of the entire song in your timeline/edit window. Reverb, Delays, EQ, Compression, and any other cool plugin you have. If you have a million background vocals, you might want to consolidate those too.īypass every plugin and aux send in the DAW. Keep in mind that some mix engineers charge by track count, so that might eat into your budget. If you want to get really fancy, you can export 2 versions: one without any effects (dry version), and one with the effects you want to keep (wet version). Only keep those plugins if you are 100% sure that you want to commit to that sound. Most of the time, your mix engineer will be able to replicate what you have done to the sound. *Sometimes the plugins or effects are an important part of the sound.Įx.1 You may have a synth bass that’s too crazy so you shaped it with some EQ and then decided you wanted it to be even crazier and added a bit of distortion.Įx.2 You have an autotune effect on the vocals for a certain “flair”. If you have any doubts at all, remove everything. This is probably the most important step because whatever you decide will be staying, is going to forever be on the song. Decide what effects or plugins you want to keep That’ll give your mix engineer the opportunity to hear what you have so far and get a better idea of your vision for the track. Lets get started:īefore you do anything else, it’s important to save a version of how you have everything at the present moment. Too many people complicate this very simple process, but you’ll have everything you need in less than 5 minutes reading this blog post. If you are looking to send files to any mixing engineer, most likely they are going to ask you to send them what are called “Stems” or “Track-outs”.
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